FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1985
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YOUTHS TOLD OF SPORTS BENEFITS
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES HELPED STUDENTS DEVELOP A STRONGER SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT, MR DICKEN YUNG, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE LOK SIN TONG SCHOOLS JOINT ATHLETIC MEET AT MONG KOK STADIUM THIS AFTERNOON, MR YUNG SAID: THROUGH SPORTS, STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP LEADERSHIP, INTELLIGENCE, CONFIDENCE, A CO-OPERATIVE SPIRIT AND STRONG PHYSIQUE.
+ IT WILL PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME RESPECTFUL CITIZENS, HE ADDED.
MORE THAN 650 STUDENTS FROM NINE PRIMARY AND SIX SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF LOK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, KOWLOON TOOK PART IN ABOUT 100 TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS. SEVENTY OF THEM RECEIVED PRIZES FROM MR YUNG AT THE CEREMONY.
PILING TENDERS INVITED
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY INVITED TENDERS FOR PILING TO FOUNDATIONS FOR A MODERN RESIDENTIAL BLOCK UNDER THE SECOND PHASE OF LEUNG TIN ESTATE IN TUEN MUN.
+ THE BLOCK TO BE BUILT AFTER PILING WILL PROVIDE 892 SELF- CONTAINED FLATS FOR 3 200 PEOPLE BY THE END OF 1987, + SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY.
HE SAID THE SCOPE OF TENDERS ALSO INCLUDED PILING FOR A CARPARK, A COMMERCIAL CENTRE AND A PRIMARY SCHOOL.
+LEUNG TIN ESTATE, BEING DEVELOPED IN FIVE PHASES, IS THE NINTH PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT IN THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
+PILING WORK FOR THREE DOMESTIC BLOCKS UNDER THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ESTATE IS ALREADY WELL UNDERWAY.
WHEN THE ESTATE IS FULLY COMPLETED BY 1989, IT WILL BECOME
A SELF-CONTAINED ENTITY FOR 54 000 PEOPLE.*
ALSO INVITED TODAY WERE TENDERS FOR THE REDECORATION OF EIGHT DOMESTIC BLOCKS AND A COMMERCIAL CENTRE AT WAH FU ESTATE.
WORKS WILL INCLUDE THE REPAINTING OF EXTERNAL WALLS, CORRIDORS, STAIRCASES AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS OF THE BLOCKS TO PROVIDE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE 30 000 PEOPLE LIVING IN THEM.
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